Today on inside politics, a burden of proof and politics. The trial against donald trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case. A timeline careening into a campaign. Now the former president issued a plea to the Supreme Court. Plus Kevin Mccarthy a auditions for supporting role in the trump defense. The House Speaker unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel indictment, Sidestepping The Former president ials election lies that led to a deadly attack on the capitol where Kevin Mccarthy serves. And made by bidenomics, new cnn reporting spotlights the strategy to make sure americans know their roads, dams and ports and jobs attached to them are thanks to joe biden. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Donald Trumps anger and anxiety triggered by a looming trial for alleged election crimes. The former president s public posture is defiance. Today donald trump made a demand that the Supreme C
today inside politics, the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former president s son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big summit. his bet, who needs iowa when you have mike tyson. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, kevin mccarthy can keeps the republican family mostly together to win a culture war battle. last hour, the house did its job and cleared a must-pass defense bill. the final vote tally was 219-210. if that seems really tight for a bill that sets military policy, it is. the sennarrow margin is thanks a very heated back and forth over controversial add-ones to the
steve: 7:00 with brian and ainsley are. 6:00 with lawrence and i are in iowa. monday, january 15th, and it is cold. last minute endorsements are pouring. in senator marco rubio of florida jumping on the trump train yesterday as former maryland governor larry hogan gets behind nikki haley. ainsley: plus a potential white house walk-out. several federal employees could walk off the job tomorrow to protest biden s stance on israel. brian: i love what the speaker is going to do if that happens. and gull in the family? see the hilarious moment one young packer fan relishes his brother s misery as the packers dominate the cowboys, lawrence. upset of the year. lawrence: that would hurt. brian: killer. [cheers and applause] lawrence: second hour of fox & friends begins right now and remember mornings are better with friends. [laughter] steve: 13 hours from right now folks in will to local areas, warm buildings, obviously, to do some caucusing. there is something
. today on inside politics, a courtroom stunt. donald trump is stepping away from the trail and choosing to sit inside a new york city court right now. the reason is pretty simple. he thinks it s the best place to boost his campaign. plus, four days left. nikki haley and ron desantis are crisscrossing iowa after facing off in our heated cnn debate. they were quick to fire off attacks on each other, but did they spend enough time taking on the far and away front-runner? and hunter biden is heading to a los angeles courtroom today to be arraigned on federal tax charges, as the white house worries his legal troubles could lead to more political troubles for his father. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin in new york where closing arguments are under way in donald trump s civil fraud trial, with hundreds of millions of dollars and the future of the trump organization on the line. the former president is inside the courtroom right now
steve bannon s team did not call any witnesses. so it was a quick trial. steve bannon and his team left the federal courthouse this afternoon after a jury of his peers found him guilty of two counts of criminal contempt of congress. a rare charge last brought a conviction with former nixon aid g. gordon liddy back in 1974. respect the decision. we may have lost a battle here today, but we are not going to lose this war. bannon sat and listened as the jury foreperson read guilty to the charges of willful failure to appear for testimony and willful failure to provide records. he ignored a subpoena from the january 6th committee last year. the same committee last night, bret, played audio of bannon from halloween 2020 just days before the presidential election. listen here. and what trump is going to do is declare victory. is he going to declare victory. that doesn t mean [inaudible] bannon says he did not cooperate because he was covered by executive privilege for his